372 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



MAYA(4UEZ. 



The city of Mavajvuez ranks third, witli a population of 15,187. 

 Tho district of Mayaoiioz has a population of 127.5fiB. This district 

 suti'erod severely from the hurrieane of 18S»1>. The importations of 

 tishery products received at this port in 1897 and 1902 were as follows: 



Country from wbich exported. 



British North American provinces 



United States 



Spain 



France 



1897. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



4,929,328 §290,588 

 270,955 15,458 



4,8ti3 1 287 



Total 5,205,146 i 306,333 



Lbs. 



Value. 



947, 560 



420, 192 



125 



550 



532,418 



16,199 



24 



132 



1, 368, 427 



48, 773 



Besides the direct imports here shown, ciuito a large amount of tishcrv 

 products from the United States was received in 1902 by local steamers 

 from San Juan. 



The fishery products are handled by Fritze Lundt & Co., Morales, 

 Gonzales & Co., Sabater & Co., and Bravo & Co. The wholesale 

 prices of fish at the date visited, February 16, 1903, were as follows: 

 Codfish, 5i cents per pound; haddock, 4i; hake, 3; pollock, 3; split 

 herring, $6 per barrel; smoked herring, 20 cents a box. 



Average wholesale values jier jiound of dry cod at Mayaguez (expressed in cents). 



Hake, haddock, and pollock meet with only a small demand; split 

 herring in moderate request; round herring, alewives, and boneless 

 fish are not desirable. Quite an amount of canned fishery i)r()ducts 

 of various kinds is imported from P^urope, sardines predominating. 

 With the exception of canned salmon, canned fish from the United 

 States is seldom seen. 



PONCE. 



In the num])er of inhabitants and the amount of fishery products 

 handled the city and district of Ponce largely lead any other section 

 of Porto Rico. The last census reports the city with 27,952, and the 

 district 203,191 inha})itants. 



The Spanish records .show the total amount of lishei'v imports 

 received- at Ponce in 1897 as 17,289,196 pounds, of a value in Spanish 

 silver of $1,030,854, on which the duties am(nint(>d to ^72,332. In 



